Traumatic transconjunctival orbital emphysema.

نویسندگان

  • E M Stroh
  • P T Finger
چکیده

Orbital emphysema can be produced by trans-conjunctival migration of air from a high pressure airgun. In an industrial accident an 8 mm conjunctival laceration was produced in the superior fornix which acted as a portal of entry for air into the subconjunctival, subcutaneous, and retrobulbar spaces. Computed tomography revealed no evidence of orbital fracture and showed that traumatic orbital emphysema occurred without a broken orbital bone.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The British journal of ophthalmology

دوره 74 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1990